niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoLike Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind?message-squaremessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down16
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareLike Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down1·2 days agoThis is a neat idea until you’re in a situation where you remember 38 different words for a thing, just not the one in the language you need
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·2 days agoI only speak one language fluently and one language extremely poorly. The number of times I’ve been able to come up with the word I want in my second language and completely blanked on it in my native language baffles my mind.
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·49 minutes agoThis is why Spanglish is a thing.
minus-squareDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThis is why I learned the shit out of English: If I forget a word, there’s like 6 more words that are close enough to the one I forgot.
This is a neat idea until you’re in a situation where you remember 38 different words for a thing, just not the one in the language you need
I only speak one language fluently and one language extremely poorly.
The number of times I’ve been able to come up with the word I want in my second language and completely blanked on it in my native language baffles my mind.
This is why Spanglish is a thing.
This is why I learned the shit out of English: If I forget a word, there’s like 6 more words that are close enough to the one I forgot.